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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Tech solutions for such pressing issues as the climate crisis and social inequality have seen a 280% increase in global VC investment from 2015 to 2020, while investment in this space more than doubled in both cities over the past five years. times) since 2015, compared to 3.1 times) from 2015 to 2020. billion into U.S.

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JUNE 27, 2018

Santa Monica-based Honk Technologies , the on-demand, roadside assistance app startup led by Corey Brundage, said Wednesday that it has raised $18M in a new funding round. Honk Technologies offers up a mobile app which lets motorists requests help for a jump start, tire change, or other on-the-road road assistance. and Fonality.

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AUGUST 28, 2015

The Siemer Summit , the invite-only conference which has been organized by technology investment banking firm Siemer & Associates for the last four years, is returning this year, according to the firm.

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DECEMBER 28, 2015

Arteen Arabshahi: While Karlin Ventures has had an excellent first few years as a firm seeing over 6 exits and making 40+ investments within 3 years, what was most exciting in 2015 was the addition of our third team member, Erin Shipley. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015?

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DECEMBER 29, 2015

Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? What are the technologies or things you think people ought to watch in 2016? Lawrence Ng: IoT is already big and will continue to grow in all facets of the business and consumer ecosystem in the future.

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JULY 30, 2018

Cool Planet , which is developing agricultural technology centered around "biochar", which is used to boost the fertility of soil while also sequestering carbon, has raised $20.3M in a new investment round. Cool Planet, which has its headquarters in Greenwood Village, Colorado, is led by President and CEO Jim Loar. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? Lief Morin: In the Enterprise Technology sector, arguably the biggest impact event was the announcement of Dell acquiring EMC for 67 Billion dollars. What are the technologies or things you think people ought to watch in 2016?

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

We've attempted to do that for the last three years, trying to ferret out exactly who the people--not companies--are to watch in the region's technology industry. Who are the top 50 people to watch in Southern California? This list--like any list--is highly subjective, and we've undoubtedly left out many worthy people on this list.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

For chief executive Artyom Poghosyan and chief technology officer Alex Gudanis, Britive is simply the latest initiative in a decades-long effort to reshape security technology. Those cloud technologies presented new challenges for the kind of privileged access management technologies that Poghosyan had developed.

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APRIL 9, 2015

Every day, it seems there are new headlines on the strained relationship between technology and entertainment. In 2015, when we’ll see an estimated one… Read More.

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JANUARY 12, 2015

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2015 Startup and Entrepreneur Forecast taking place Thursday, January 29 from 7 p.m. We will have amazing panelists from March Capital, Greycroft, Machinima, Silicon Valley Bank and Amplify who will share their insights and forecast for start-ups in 2015. YouTube, Microsoft and SyFy.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

San Diego’s innovation clusters continued to grow in 2015, as local startups, funding deals, and job growth extended an economic growth spurt that began in 2013. That’s according to a report being released today by Connect, the local nonprofit group focused on technology and entrepreneurship.

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MAY 8, 2017

Austin —Dell Technologies is publicly unveiling a venture capital investment arm that has been quietly investing in startups since the operation was run by EMC, the data storage giant that Dell agreed to acquire for $67 billion in 2015. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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DECEMBER 31, 2015

Flipagram is led by longtime LA technology veteran Farhad Mohit. Flipagram currently has deals with Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music, Merlin and The Orchard, which lets users include the brief music clips as the soundtrack to their own, personal slideshows. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 8, 2015

2015 will be the year that transforms the daily activity of the sales rep. The coming of age of support technologies, built on big data analytics and social networks will profoundly affect the day-to-day focus of sales organizations. Read the rest of Nick''s article on The 3 Technologies Driving The New Sales Force. Continued.).

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Checkout out latest coverage from the LA Tech Summit 2015 conference. The post LA Tech Rising at LA Tech Summit 2015 appeared first on TechZulu. LA Tech may be the second largest tech hub in the world, however its only a matter of time before its number 1!

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

Who do you think are the top 50 up-and-coming individuals in Southern California's technology industry this year?

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MARCH 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based Parabol, a company which is developing technology to enable "Agile" meetings, announced that it has raised $8M in its Series A funding. The company was founded in 2015, but apparently has seen pickup as a result of the pandemic and the move to remote work. The company is led by CEO and Co-founder Jordan Husney.

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OCTOBER 4, 2018

A new report, published this morning by Bloomberg, says that a massive Chinese hacking effort --involving the implantation of tiny devices on computer motherboards--was uncovered due to due diligence efforts made by Amazon , as part of its acquisition of Elemental Technologies back in 2015.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Los Angeles has been in the midst of a technology boom over the last few years, with many of high profile startups growing in the area. We spoke with Bryce Maddock , founder of TaskUs, about the company and how it has been providing the manpower behind a lot of LA''s technology startups. So, what is TaskUs?

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Calporta's technology revolves around selective small molecule agonists to TRPML1, which the companies say is believed to play a role in lysosomal function by promoting autophagy and lysosomal exocytosis. Calporta Therapeutics was launched out of COI Pharmaceuticals in 2015. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

The nonprofit says it has been working as a partner of Causecast since 2015, and has been servicing clients using the Causecast technology for the past four years. According to America's Charities, the acquisition will help it further strengthen its support of the "social good" sector. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Foot Locker explained the move will also go to help help accelerate GOAT Group's global operations, expanding its omnichannel experience and technologies. in total since it was founded in 2015. GOAT has now raised $197.6M READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

I was in it for the love of working with entrepreneurs on business problems and marveling at technology they had built. During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies. Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out.

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APRIL 22, 2019

The Chief Marketing Officer of high flying, Los Angeles-based job recruiting technology developer ZipRecruiter has resigned from the company, after a story was published last week by BuzzFeed, detailing alleged sexual misconduct at his prior employer, Uber. Eyal Gutentag reportedly resigned on Friday.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

The company also has raised funding from Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, CDIB, Himax Technologies, Qualcomm, Thundersoft, and Sequoia Capital. Kneron was founded in 2015. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The company got its start in 2015 to allow for trading of high end, collectible sneakers; the company has since expanded into apparel and other accessories. Lu, i a statement, said that there are "significant market opportunities in sneakers, apparel and additional categories through technological innovation".

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

Who do you think are the top 50 up-and-coming individuals in Southern California's technology industry this year?

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FEBRUARY 17, 2015

I received a press pass to DeveloperWeek 2015 last week in order to attend the “Advice to Live by from Women Developers” career panel moderated by the lead of Dice’s engineering team, Jennifer Petersen. Now you’d think we’d be a bit farther along today in 2015, right?

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Patrick Soon-Shiong is a biotech billionaire and technology industry regular, who runs the NantWorks family of companies in Los Angeles. Soon-Shiong had attempted to acquire the LA Times back in 2015. The Washington Post quoted "people involved in the deal" for the news. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Santa Monica-based ad technology developer GumGum --which injects contextually relevant ads into images on publishers' websites, said today that it has signed a renewed partnership with Wenner Media, the publisher of Rolling Stone , Us Weekly and Men's Journal. The two have been working together since August of 2015. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2015

With the 2015 holiday shopping season now upon us, it’s “go time” for retailers across the country — an opportunity to put their carefully crafted holiday plans into action and deliver on their bottom-line expectations. Plus, holiday e-commerce sales are widely expected to continue rising in 2015. Focus On The Consumer.

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MARCH 15, 2019

The Techstars Foundation , the nonprofit arm of startup accelerator operator Techstars which is focused on increasing the number of under-represented entrepreneurs in the technology industry, is looking to give $10,000 to $50,000 to nonprofits working in the area, Techstars said Friday. Applications are open through April 8th. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 11, 2018

AdvancedMD , a portfolio company of Los Angeles-based private equity investor Marlin Equity , said this week that it has completed the acquisition of Marietta, Georgia-based Nuesoft Technologies. Marlin Equity acquired AdvancedMD in September of 2015. Financial details of the buy were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 8, 2015

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) marks what new technology to see and expect at the beginning of each year. Here are some of the fun and the weird highlights found at CES 2015. The post CES 2015 | The Fun (and Strange) Side of the Show appeared first on TechZulu. CES Events 2015 America Express bitcoin BMW Samsung'

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 14, 2021

Mercato was founded in 2015 and helps over a thousand smaller grocers and specialty food stores get online for pickup or delivery, without having to sign up for delivery services like Instacart or Amazon Fresh. The company fixed the data spill, but has not yet alerted its customers.

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JULY 10, 2015

Techstars Disney Accelerator class of 2015 was announced yesterday. The ten companies in this year’s program represent a diverse cross-section of technologies, and are inspired by their visions for the applicability of these technologies in the media space. 2 3D-Printing Companies.

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